Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Feeddler 2 for iOS 8

Feeddler was first released on April 1st, 2010, two days before the first-generation iPad was released. At one point, it was ranked 11th in the App Store across all categories. In the next three years, Feeddler was constantly ranked in top 20 in the iPad News category, and top 30 for iPhone News.

Feeddler was first written for iOS 3.2 to support Google Reader. Over time, the code was upgraded for iOS 4, 5, and 6. There were more than 20 updates. When Google Reader was shut down, Feeddler continued to support a few RSS services.

Apple made a bold change in iOS 7. But for the first time I couldn't update Feeddler accordingly. My wife was fighting a cancer. I had to pause all plans to support her and the family. Luckily my wife has recovered well after all the chemo treatments, surgeries, and radiation therapy.

In the past few months, I have rewritten most of the code for Feeddler. The new Feeddler uses the similar UI layout with the modern iOS design. New features include Feedly support, full screen reading, full text mode with Readability, and GIF image support among many others. Test users have praised the new app for its improved speed and reliability in iOS 8.

I have submitted Feeddler 2 to the App Store and hopefully it will be approved in time this week for iOS 8 and iPhone 6 release. Feeddler 2 will be a new app. The Pro version is priced at $4.99 again. If you are not ready to pay (again), I invite you to download the free version for Feeddler 2. I decided to make most Pro version features available for the free version this time.

I hope you will like the new Feeddler and appreciate your continued support. Thank you!

Glad to hear your wife is doing better.Will the new Feeddler for iPhone be able to display more than 20 entries at one time before having to load more items? If not, could this be something included in a future update? By far the best rss reading app for iOS I've tried.

I have just written that Feeddler was unstable with IOS8, but now I feel a bit of a moaner. It is all too easy to forget that the programmers are humans like myself. I hope your wife continues to do well. Here is a X for,her.

So sorry to hear of your wife's illness. Will be on the lookout for the new app. This app is by far superior to any others I have seen. Your blog will now be part of my feed. Best to you and your family.

Why should I have tp pay again for the same app, all of my other paid apps (over 50) have been upgraded to work with iOS 8. Those app providers have not tried to fleece their loyal customers by putting a '2' after the upgrade.

You have a product that is useless in iOS 8, fix it, I've already paid for it.

I now expect to be flamed, but if everyone did this they would feel the same as I do.

It's not just a little update -- it's rewriting of a major part of application (iOS 7 interface is completely different from iOS 6). Read: In the past few months, I have rewritten most of the code for Feeddler.

It's amazing that people deny to pay $5 for the app they use everyday. But how you expect the app to develop further?

For an app to be ranked like he stated for so long he must have made some considerable sum from sales, all I want is what I paid for to be fixed, don't care if the 'new' version looks different, happy with the way it looks now.

Apple no longer publish non iOS 7 apps. So it's impossible to fix app without making it iOS 7 first (Apple just won't publish it in App Store).

App developers doesn't make tons of money as you can think. Look at Reeder -- one of the most popular news reading apps and still developer has decided to make paid Reeder 2 update. It's becoming common thing since Apple doesn't have paid updates.

I would have no problem paying for an upgrade. What is more of a concern for me is Voiceover accessibility. Feeddler has been great in this regard. I haven't upgraded to iOS 8 due to a lot of accessibility bugs so I'm still happily using the original Feeddler Pro app on iOS 7.1.2, but I would hate to eventually upgrade to the new OS only to find out that the new Feeddler may have VO issues. Will the new Feeddler app indeed have the same level of Voiceover accessibility?

If you're complaining about an app that cost less than $5 and that you probably got a least a year's, if not more, use out of, then you might be a whiny little nimrod. Or an obviously bad troll. Move along Ned, you won't find any friends here. Try 4chan maybe.

There's an awful lot of whining going on here. The updated version didn't write itself. I will be more than happy to purchase the new version. Just waiting for its approval ad inclusion in the App Store.

I'm with the crowd here. Been using Feeddler since iPad1 in Spring of 2010. Back then C.B. Was personally responsive when I raised some minor issues and even adopted a few of my suggestions into the product.

I rely on my RSS feeds and this is probably the most used app on my iPad Air. I found my way here today as, to try to address the iOS8 crashes, I'd deleted the app with plans to re-download. When it wasn't in the App Store I started Googling to see what was going on.

I hope Apple release V2 quickly. And I have no problem paying another $5. This app is worth much more than that to me.

I am the biggest fan of Bazqux. The web gui is unmatched, and Feeddler is the best companion, no matter what suggestions are mentioned here. If you want to avoid paying developers for their hard work, go right ahead, pay crap and you'll get crap. But as a user who got a personal response from Vladimir within 5 minutes of reporting a problem, I'm not going anywhere. With his backup my $4.99 for Feedler is nothing if it means I'll continue to get the incredible support for a product I simply can't live without!

Just installed the new version. Sadly the first thing that happened during sync was a crash. Also during slecting the 'more' option in the services list. Next the total counter is limited at 1000(?). Good news is that the webpages open without crashing. Progress but bugfixing needs to be done!

Feeddler is one of my most importantAapps. So I will pay for it again, no problem. In the actual version there seems to be a bug: the RSS short text doesn't show up, not under iOS 8 nor under iOS 7 . So it seems a bug of the App.

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I have never found a better RSS reader than Feeddler 2, and I honestly believed I have tried all iOS possibilities. Yes, iOS 8 broke some things, but I kept my fingers crossed and am delighted to learn that the new version is available. I will gladly pay for it, with pleasure. Warmest wishes for your happiness and for the health of your wife.

I was a feeddler user but then switched to feedly when google reader went away. I always felt their client was inferior to yours. I was so happy that you added feedly support. For one thing, feeddler is so much faster.

The bad news though is that Feeddler is crashing on me a LOT - probably an average of every 5-10 minutes. I hope you can get this resolved as it is just too unstable right now unfortunately. I'll watch for updates because I really like your app. By the way, using iOS 7 on an iPad 2.

Of course the generous author of Feeddler is not a crook. Apple rolled out iOS8, which broke the Feeddler app. The developer spent countless hours to fix what Apple broke. I, for one, am deeply grateful that the developer did not abandon the beautiful app that Apple broke. And it is totally appropriate that the developer should be compensated for his new, diligent work. He deserves thanks, not an accusation of being a criminal.

Let me decide either to pay for the app or not. If it's fabulous I might be only happy to support the developer. However, the first thing the app should be available for downloading which actually isn't true. So the key issue remains, when?

It just supports its own syndication services but Inoreader is damn good second only to discontinued Google reader. I dunno which cloud services you are talking about but it supports a lot and has excellent integration with Pocket, Instapaper etc with automatic tagging. The ads never bothered me, as I use Inoreader they appear in Feeddler also. Overall much better experience.